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Off Centre (album)

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Released
  
October 1980

Artist
  
Gilbert O'Sullivan

Producer
  
Gus Dudgeon

Genre
  
Pop music

Off Centre (1980)
  
Life & Rhymes (1982)

Release date
  
October 1980

Label
  
Union Square Music

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Recorded
  
Moonlight Studios, Cookham, England

Length
  
46:31 (49:08 with the bonus track)

Similar
  
A Stranger In My Own Back Yard, Singer Sowing Machine, Back to Front, Irlish, Himself

Off Centre is Irish-English singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan's sixth studio album, produced by Gus Dudgeon and originally released in October 1980. Union Square Music re-released it August 2012 on Salvo label in part of the Gilbert O'Sullivan - A Singer & His Songs collection.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Gilbert O'Sullivan.

  1. "I Love It But" - 3:33
  2. "What's In a Kiss" - 2:36
  3. "Hello It's Goodbye" - 3:08
  4. "Why Pretend" - 3:58
  5. "I'm Not Getting Any Younger" - 4:32
  6. "Things That Go Bump in the Night" - 4:51
  7. "Help Is On the Way" - 3:43
  8. "For What It's Worth" - 4:05
  9. "The Niceness of It All" - 5:26
  10. "Can't Get Enough of You" - 3:27
  11. "Break It To Me Gently" - 3:20
  12. "Or So They Say" - 3:50

Bonus track on the 2012 remaster

  1. "Down, Down, Down" (b-side of "What's In a Kiss", August 1980) - 2:38

Personnel

  • Gilbert O'Sullivan - vocals, piano

    • Additional personnel

  • Phil Curtis - bass
  • Chris Laurence - bass on "I'm Not Getting Any Younger"
  • Paul Westwood - bass on "Can't Get Enough Of You"
  • Steve Holley - drums
  • Dave Mattacks - drums on "Can't Get Enough Of You"
  • Terry Cox - drums on "What's In a Kiss"
  • Martin Jenner - acoustic and lead guitars; steel guitar on "For What It's Worth"
  • Tim Renwick - acoustic and lead guitars
  • Ray Russell - acoustic guitar on "Can't Get Enough Of You"
  • Pete Wingfield - electric piano on "The Niceness Of It All", second piano on "Why Pretend", organ on "Hello It's Goodbye" and synthesizer on "Or So They Say"
  • Howie Casey - saxophone on "I'm Not Getting Any Younger" and "Why Pretend"
  • Jeff Daley - saxophone on "Help Is On the Way"
  • Chris Rea - accordion on "I Love It But"
  • Stuart Epps - harmony and backing vocals
  • Alan Carvell - harmony and backing vocals on "I'm Not Getting Any Younger"
  • English Chorale - choir on "Or So They Say"

    • Songs

    1I Love It But3:33
    2What's in a Kiss2:36
    3Hello It's Goodbye3:08

    References

    Off Centre (album) Wikipedia
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